SparkFun Electronics Commentsurn:uuid:214d0e4e-f1b1-d287-ce26-ac5b4c9f82492015-03-03T11:56:01-07:00SparkFun Electronicslechaguino on DEV-09428 - XMOS XS1-L1-64 Development Boardlechaguinourn:uuid:2147aead-bce9-7f33-3291-c79d6a6560202010-09-30T05:21:25-06:00<p>Hi pinatapirate, thanks for your reply. I tried with xtag and usb cable (both connected) and at the beginning it didn&rsquo;t work neither i guess because i had ftdi drivers (to work with arduino). Now i try in other PC without ftdi drivers and it works. But i don&rsquo;t understand why needs power supply from the usb when in the first page of the hardware manual of the XJtag tells:<br/>
The XTAG-2 debug adapter can be used to<br/>
connect XMOS development kits to most PCs, and provide a 5V power supply.<br/>
THANKS!!!</p>marxgen on DEV-09428 - XMOS XS1-L1-64 Development Boardmarxgenurn:uuid:2d446d65-1427-beeb-817c-c3568f31f8412010-09-25T20:06:13-06:00<p>Turns out I needed to plug in the usb lol. xtag doesnt supply power to board I guess</p>marxgen on DEV-09428 - XMOS XS1-L1-64 Development Boardmarxgenurn:uuid:6087e0de-d560-fa29-12ff-a73c497b04312010-09-25T17:24:05-06:00<p>I have the same problem</p>lechaguino on DEV-09428 - XMOS XS1-L1-64 Development Boardlechaguinourn:uuid:d8bb9694-112f-56b0-661d-72aca76331fa2010-09-23T09:18:33-06:00<p>Hi!<br/>
I got this beautiful board some days ago but i cannot upload any code on it.<br/>
I got the Xmos JTAG2 programmer as well which is connected to the PC(Win XP sp3)<br/>
When i try to program the chip with the development tools recommended here, it shows me the following:<br/>
xrun: No available devices<br/>
Error: F03034 Failed to fully run flash inquisitor.<br/>
Drivers for Xtag2 installed.<br/>
I read in Xmos community forums that many people have<br/>
the same problem.<br/>
Any suggestions?<br/>
Thanks!</p>JerryG on DEV-09428 - XMOS XS1-L1-64 Development BoardJerryGurn:uuid:4664bd8f-763f-be06-c1db-1a062b3d60172010-07-09T20:12:26-06:00<p>The SparkFun description of this board says &ldquo;Our development board can be programmed in the XMOS Development Environment as if it were the XC-5 Development Board.&rdquo; This is true, but they don&rsquo;t mention that the XC-5 board uses a 20 MHz oscillator while their board uses a 13 MHz. This will throw off the timing of any code that uses clocks or timers unless you find the XC-5.xn file in the XMOS Design Tools' configs directory and change Oscillator=&ldquo;20MHz&rdquo; to Oscillator=&ldquo;13MHz&rdquo;.</p>bdring on DEV-09428 - XMOS XS1-L1-64 Development Boardbdringurn:uuid:af0c5f02-cb39-9a4e-975e-cc56feab39bd2010-01-20T09:20:58-07:00<p>Does the FT232RL still connect to the XMOS chip? Is the new version the same functionally as the old with the rework?</p>jonathan.may on DEV-09428 - XMOS XS1-L1-64 Development Boardjonathan.mayurn:uuid:ac4d53f7-7bf3-5ef9-d080-2c05f1f56ea82009-11-13T09:51:37-07:00<p>The XTAG-2 programming/debug board is a general-purpose method for programming XMOS chips - irrespective of the kit they are in. This reduces the cost of new development boards (either XMOS or non-XMOS) and ensures that the (free) XMOS tools will support the programming of new kits without extra work.<br/>
The XC-1 board was designed before the XTAG-2 - and so includes on-board programming functionality through the USB port.<br/>
In future, it&rsquo;s likely that a single XTAG-2 board will interface to most/all XMOS-related development kits - irrespective of the board designer/manufacturer.</p>TonyD on DEV-09428 - XMOS XS1-L1-64 Development BoardTonyDurn:uuid:0bc9e005-0af0-d86c-bbb5-465651b0e9892009-11-13T06:30:39-07:00<p>I&rsquo;ve made a comparison for the various Xmos/Sparkfun development boards. Check the link below:<br/>
<a href="http://zuzebox.wordpress.com/2009/11/13/xmos-development-board-comparison/" rel="nofollow" >http://zuzebox.wordpress.com/2009/11/13/xmos-development-board-comparison/</a></p>David Betz on DEV-09428 - XMOS XS1-L1-64 Development BoardDavid Betzurn:uuid:94f2df93-4996-eee4-eca0-9a46054f60962009-11-12T20:39:20-07:00<p>Can someone compare this board with the XC-1 board from XMOS? I like that the XC-1 has four cores and also that I can program it without having to buy a XTag2 debug adapter. What advantages does the Sparkfun board have? It isn&rsquo;t really cheaper since you have to pay $50 for the board and another $50 for the programmer. Is it mainly the SPI flash? What am I missing here?<br/>
Thanks!<br/>
David</p>TonyD on DEV-09428 - XMOS XS1-L1-64 Development BoardTonyDurn:uuid:d5b03087-0b82-ddf7-c0b3-0e041433a6c62009-11-11T12:02:20-07:00<p>I&rsquo;ve got a list of the port pin outs on my blog:<br/>
<a href="http://zuzebox.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/port-details-for-the-sparkfun-xs1-l1-64-development-board/" rel="nofollow" >http://zuzebox.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/port-details-for-the-sparkfun-xs1-l1-64-development-board/</a></p>Dent on DEV-09428 - XMOS XS1-L1-64 Development BoardDenturn:uuid:0efec29f-13d2-0185-7e1e-ac45e8ada38b2009-11-06T14:14:32-07:00<p>It looks like the inputs are 5 volt tolerant, but the outputs only drive up to 3.16V at 4mA or 8mA depending on the port.</p>N8B on DEV-09428 - XMOS XS1-L1-64 Development BoardN8Burn:uuid:56685230-710b-66b2-42af-ee6bba1286b22009-11-06T13:51:00-07:00<p>The FTDI chip on the dev board can&rsquo;t be used to load code onto the chip or the SPI flash.</p>N8B on DEV-09428 - XMOS XS1-L1-64 Development BoardN8Burn:uuid:b0615393-c76a-5bc8-a3e7-747d8bb732e12009-11-06T13:43:01-07:00<p>Yes, the board does indeed support the XTag2.<br/>
The board would support any USB to 20 pin JTAG converter except that the XMOS Design Tools only has drivers for a handful of serial to FIFO ICs. Any USB to JTAG converter using the FT2232 should be compatible. Check with XMOS&rsquo;s tech support to find out if a specific converter is compatible with their design tools.</p>bsmithyman on DEV-09428 - XMOS XS1-L1-64 Development Boardbsmithymanurn:uuid:0a488a05-9e47-f12f-f88d-2033dbd846922009-11-06T13:31:09-07:00<p>I&rsquo;m really excited to see this at SparkFun; I&rsquo;ve got one of the XMOS XC-1 boards, and they&rsquo;re a pleasure to work with.<br/>
Two questions:<br/>
1. To clarify, am I right in thinking that the FTDI chip onboard only provides UART, and not a FIFO for doing code upload (necessitating the XTAG-2)?<br/>
2. Would it be possible to get a slightly more explicit listing of the ports supported on the 32 digital IO pins? In particular, the number of 1-bit, 4-bit, 8-bit, and 16-bit ports, and how they overlap. I feel like this might not be obvious to newcomers to the XMOS architecture.</p>Customer #4298 on DEV-09428 - XMOS XS1-L1-64 Development BoardCustomer #4298urn:uuid:f1a0792b-0f45-c404-6e1a-cef79637ea612009-11-06T11:13:20-07:00<p>Nice to see XMOS has made it to SparkFun! It&rsquo;s an amazing chip that packs quite a punch!!<br/>
As Tony already mentioned, using just 2 threads (on a single core), it&rsquo;s possible to do VGA/NTSC (without additional hardware) and have a kick-ass video system.<br/>
When can we expect 16 core boards? :-)<br/>
-Yvo</p>Jimb0 on DEV-09428 - XMOS XS1-L1-64 Development BoardJimb0urn:uuid:e902b242-5c9a-3601-03e5-f9075f3de1bb2009-11-06T08:48:11-07:00<p>It is and we are - it should be live really soon!</p>TonyD on DEV-09428 - XMOS XS1-L1-64 Development BoardTonyDurn:uuid:e2ea4424-6437-03f6-bb39-15e7c37a55582009-11-06T04:51:53-07:00<p>Its great to see a new low cost board for the Xmos XS1 processor.<br/>
Check out the Xmos forum at:<br/>
<a href="http://www.xmoslinkers.org/" rel="nofollow" >http://www.xmoslinkers.org/</a><br/>
To see the power of the XS1 check out Yvo VDP VGA/NTSC video driver and his Super Mario demo at:<br/>
<a href="http://xcores.org/blog/2009/08/21/its-alive/" rel="nofollow" >http://xcores.org/blog/2009/08/21/its-alive/</a><br/>
And my Manic Miner demo using the VDP software at:<br/>
<a href="http://zuzebox.wordpress.com/2009/11/03/manic-miner-on-x-one-console/" rel="nofollow" >http://zuzebox.wordpress.com/2009/11/03/manic-miner-on-x-one-console/</a><br/>
I&rsquo;m hoping we can port these demos to Sparkfun&rsquo;s board in the near future</p>wibauxl on DEV-09428 - XMOS XS1-L1-64 Development Boardwibauxlurn:uuid:6fb32f05-22ea-bc93-7be5-9f093e801f072009-11-06T04:48:09-07:00<p>Is this programmable with the XTag2 debug adapter from XMOS <a href="https://www.xmos.com/products/development-kits/xtag-2-debug-adapter" rel="nofollow" >https://www.xmos.com/products/development-kits/xtag-2-debug-adapter</a> ?<br/>
Are SparkFun going to distribute the XTag2 programmer ?<br/>
Anyway: great move as always SparkFun: this will greatly help your camera range image processing!</p>